Edward Steichen

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Luxembourgish-American person curator human painter photographer

Edward Steichen was a pioneering Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and curator renowned for his influential role in early 20th-century art and for serving as director of photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Edward Steichen canonical 1
Steichen the Photographer 1
Éduard Jean Steichen 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Luxembourgish-American person ⓘ
curator ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
awardReceived Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
citizenship Luxembourg ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth Luxembourg ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
curated The Family of Man ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1879-03-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-03-25 ⓘ
employer Condé Nast ⓘ
surface form: Condé Nast Publications

Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
familyName Steichen ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerial photography ⓘ
fashion photography ⓘ
photography ⓘ
pictorialism ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ
fullName Edward Steichen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Éduard Jean Steichen
genre pictorialist photography ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRole aerial photographer in World War I ⓘ
officer in charge of Naval Aviation Photographic Unit in World War II ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
Pictorialism ⓘ
notableFor leadership of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
pioneering role in early 20th-century photography ⓘ
notableWork Fashion photographs for Vogue ⓘ
Portraits of celebrities for Vanity Fair ⓘ
The Family of Man ⓘ
occupation art director ⓘ
curator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bivange, Luxembourg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Redding, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Redding, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork The Family of Man (exhibition): 1955 ⓘ
residence France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
spouse Clara Smith ⓘ
Dana Desboro Glover ⓘ
Joanna Taub ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carl Sandburg → sibling → Edward Steichen ⓘ
Carl → notableWork → Edward Steichen ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Sandburg
this entity surface form: Steichen the Photographer
Edward Steichen → fullName → Edward Steichen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Éduard Jean Steichen